US EditionIran Has 'No Choice' but to Move Its Capital From Tehran, Says Pezeshkian as Water Crisis Deepens
Iran plans to relocate its capital from Tehran to the Persian Gulf coast due to severe water shortages and soil subsidence of up to 30cm per year, officials said.
- On October 1 during a visit to Hormozgan Province, President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran must move its capital southward and warned this year the situation in Tehran remains critical.
- Facing plunging rainfall, Tehran's water supply is strained by a five-year drought and a 40% rainfall drop, with dams providing 70% and underground sources 30% of water for more than 10 million residents.
- Excessive water consumption persists, with 70% of residents consuming more than 130 litres daily, and importing water could cost 4 per cubic metre.
- Pezeshkian told the Supreme Leader last year that he proposed relocating the capital and the government approved 287bn tomans in Hormozgan, yet no concrete steps have followed.
- Analysts caution that past grand schemes faltered and a plan affecting more than 9mn people has renewed momentum backed by the presidency, while Pezeshkian warned of a looming `day zero`.
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The President of Iran argued that his country had no choice but to move its capital from Tehran to the south of the country due to the excessive expansion of the city, the lack of adequate drinking water and the growing threat of land degradation, according to The...
Unaffordable living space, water shortages, soil sinks: because the situation in Tehran is tense, the Iranian president wants to quickly find a new place for the capital. Ideas are apparently already circulating.
Iran has 'no choice' but to move its capital from Tehran, says Pezeshkian as water crisis deepens
The country has faced drought conditions for the last five years and the Meteorological Organisation recorded a 40 per cent drop in rainfall over the last four months compared to a long-term average
Iranian President Masoud Pezizkian said today that Iran no longer has a choice and must move its capital from Tehran to the south.
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